Lot 232
Samoa, 1914, 5d on 40pf black and carmine, error of value "4d" instead of "5d" (SG 107 var./ Gibbs 7a), bright color on fresh white paper, o.g. Very Fine. only 10 stamps with the error of value printed. Michel 7I.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Expertization: Signed D(avid) F(ield), T. Allen, and 1980 B.P.A. Certificate.
According to Gibbs, this variety may be from an unofficial printing, but one vertical row of this error of value may well have been part of the official issue.
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